This investigative report offers a counterpoint to mainstream science's dismissal of cold fusion research as "voodoo science" because a theoretical explanation is unavailable. Beaudette (a retired engineer) shows how media attention, fear of embarrassment, and the politics of the scientific community escalated into a confusing controversy that ruined the credibility of cold fusion research. He analyzes the science, offers supporting experimental evidence, and concludes there is no basis for dismissal of cold fusion. This second edition contains a new preface and new data on recent anomalous power experiments.